From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 13:48:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 628A41065673 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:48:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 151188FC1B for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:48:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.28]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 26 Dec 2008 08:48:33 -0500 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.10.3-GA) with ESMTP id KNL38637; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:48:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.22.188]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 26 Dec 2008 08:48:08 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18772.57495.784652.374754@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:48:07 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20081226080502.7d21a54a@scorpio> References: <329760.53824.qm@web53410.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20081223072719.16f3c047@scorpio> <495437A9.80503@gmail.com> <20081226024922.3612bc02@gluon> <4954D1D8.7070604@FreeBSD.org> <20081226080502.7d21a54a@scorpio> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: Re: Perl 5.10? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:48:35 -0000 Jerry writes: > Are ports being tied to specific versions of Perl? I did some > Googling and found that of the users that have installed Perl > from source on FBSD, most were not experiencing any major > problem. If every time Perl is updated it will require massive > changes or whatever to the FBSD ports, then perhaps there is a > fundamental flaw in the ports system to start with. There is no requirement any port use Perl. Many do. There is no requiremment that any Perl-using port use a particular version. Many - I would guess most - do, at least to the extent of requiring the same major version (e.g. 5.x). There are 63 instances of USE_PERL5 in ports/textproc alone. I'm not a major direct Perl user, but I remember the jumps from 5.0 to 5.6 and from 5.6 to 5.8. Both required the testing of every affected port, and as I remember it problems were discovered in both the ports and in the new Perl itself. Robert Huff